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Friday, April 22

The only National Road Interpretive Center in Illinois moved one step closer to completion on Monday, with the unveiling of busts of four men who were instrumental in the construction of the only federally funded and federally built highway in the nation.

Charles J. Ruemmelin, a quiet man with piercing brown eyes spent many of his working hours at the Fayette County Courthouse where he researched and prepared abstracts of title.
Not active in civic organizations, Ruemmelin moved to Springfield to live near his sister after his mother’s death.
After his sister’s death, Ruemmelin chose First National Bank to serve as trustee of his estate to establish and administer the Charles J. Ruemmelin Foundation.

In addition to the many permanent exhibits on display at the Fayette County Museum, monthly special exhibits are shown. The three special museum exhibits for April are Bibles from Our Collection, the Vandalia Madonna and Fayette County churches.
The annual Fayette County School Children Art Show will be held April 21-25. It is sponsored by Artworks Gallery and is held in the exhibit area above the museum.

Nine out of 10 Americans between ages 18-24 believe they’re living healthy lifestyles – yet most eat too much fast food, drink too many alcoholic and sugar-sweetened beverages and engage in other behaviors that could put them at risk of stroke, according to an American Stroke Association survey released this week.
The results are part of a survey of 1,248 Americans ages 18-44 on their attitudes about health, including influences of and beliefs about health behaviors and their risks for stroke.
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability in America.

Two local men were convicted of methamphetamine charges in a jury trial last week in Fayette County Circuit Court.
A jury deliberated for a little more than three hours before returning guilty verdicts against Travis W. Metzger and Brian E. Scholes.
Both Metzger, of Vandalia, and Scholes, of Brownstown, were found guilty of possession of methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine-manufacturing materials.